NEET UG 2026 · Zoology · Question 179
NEET 2026 Zoology, question 179
Question 179 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Zoology question from Human Health and Disease. Its idea, Plasmodium Life Cycle, was asked twice, in 2020 and 2026, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 4.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q179 · Zoology
Which of the following statements is correct about Plasmodium ?
- 1Reproduces sexually in liver cells
- 2Reproduces sexually in RBCs
- 3Gametocytes develop in mosquito gut
- 4Fertilization takes place in mosquito gutOfficial answer
Official answer: option 4 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
Plasmodium Life Cycle, in other papers
NEET asked this idea twice, in 2020 and 2026. The other question below.
- 2020 Q10The infectious stage of Plasmodium that enters the human body is :One-line MCQ · Easy
The chapter
Human Health and Disease in ten years of NEET
33 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 3.2 a paper. Human Diseases, Cancer and Drug Abuse alone had 16.